RES: Building an Information Asset database

[Fábio Soto <fabio () andradesoto com br>]

Bharat,

That's the Microsoft Risk Assessment/Analysis methodology, and it is a good way to go.

One thing I've changed about it is the risk calculation. We need to establish the risk criteria for impact and 
likelihood (financial impact, availability impact, confidentiality impact, integrity impact).

After we calculate the impact with all that variables, and the likelihood (I use 2 likelihood variables), we can use 
the well known "Risk = Impact * Likelihood".

Then we need to define the controls and the residual risks after implementing that controls.

Regards,

Fábio Soto 

-----Mensagem original-----
De: Bharat Gosalia [mailto:bharat_gosalia () mafatlalcipherspace in] 
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2012 21:02
Para: Santosh Kaimal; 'Fábio Soto'; 'Parker Zhao'; sfmailsbm () gmail com; security-basics () securityfocus com
Assunto: Re: Building an Information Asset database

On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:59:34 +0000
  "Bharat Gosalia" <bharat_gosalia () mafatlalcipherspace in> wrote:
> I FOUND chapter 4 somewhat relevent.
>  Naturally it is a copy from somewhere.
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:05:19 +0530
>  "Santosh Kaimal" <santoshkaimal () billdesk com> wrote:
> > Hi Ronish,
> >
> > Consider the following for building an information asset register for 
> > Risk  assessment  1. Identify the different process / functions and 
> > then list assets under  each process / function  2. Information assets 
> > are of different types (Physical, Software, paper,  people, services, 
> > information)  3. Add Owner, Custodian and User tag to each asset  4. 
> > Add confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) to each asset
> >
> > This should be enough to initiate Risk Assessment, which will cover 
> > how well  the sensitive data is protected.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Santosh
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: listbounce () securityfocus com
> > [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On  Behalf Of Fábio Soto
> > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 10:44 PM
> > To: 'Parker Zhao'; sfmailsbm () gmail com; 
> > security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RES: Building an Information Asset database
> >
> > Parker,
> >
> > Great document, thank you !
> >
> > To increase the quality of the document, I would use Availability, 
> > Integrity  and Confidentiality to calculate the asset's business 
> > impact.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Fábio
> >
> > -----Mensagem original-----
> > De: listbounce () securityfocus com
> > [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] Em  nome de Parker Zhao Enviada 
> > em: quinta-feira, 5 de janeiro de 2012
> > 03:56
> > Para: sfmailsbm () gmail com; security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Assunto: RE: Building an Information Asset database
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Have you been see this ? I thought it is really a good guideline and 
> > I get  much from it,
> >
> > Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture Guideline for 
> > Information  Assets Register
> >
> > http://www.qgcio.qld.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/Architecture%20an
> > d%20Sta 
> > ndards/Information%20Standards/Toolbox/Information%20Asset%20Custodia
> > nship/Q GEA%20guideline%20-%20Information%20asset%20register.doc
> >
> > FYR
> >
> > Parker
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: listbounce () securityfocus com
> > [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On  Behalf Of 
> > sfmailsbm () gmail com
> > Sent: 2012年1月4日 13:34
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: Building an Information Asset database
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > happy New Year to all of you
> >
> > Looking for some best practices, reallife recommendations on how to 
> > go about  to build up an Information Asset register, which will 
> > basically contain a  list of information being used within the 
> > organisation, where and how it is  stored, and where it is 
> > distributed, e.g. Card Information being stored on  local hard disk 
> > without any encryption
> >
> > This will be the basis to perform information risk assessments to 
> > mitigate  potential risk issues
> >
> > Any help on how to proceed, methodology and tools to manage all of 
> > this will  be greatly appreciated
> >
> > Thanks & regards,
> > Ronish
> >
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it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure. You will find out how to test, purchase, 
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